-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stefano Pogliani wanted us to know:
> 1. what would I have to do to teach my system to place my > /var/spool/mail/stefano mbox file into my $HOME/Mail directory? Basically you put a directive at the end of the procmailrc that will just deliver mail to a mailbox without checking to see if it matches anything. This is actually how I do it myself. Here's the end of my config file: :0: Inbox > 2. if I avoid to set the DEFAULT directive in .procmailrc, in > principle I would not have to care about the location of my "mbox" > file, right? > So, the interest in moving the mbox file from /var/spool/mail into > $HOME/Mail is "simply" because of quotas... right ? Correct. In my case, I had a system originally with a /var partitiont hat was kind of small. So moving everything to /home (which was much larger) made sense for me. You may have adequately sized partitions which means you don't need to go through any contortions like I did. > In addition, I would add another advantage in doing what you > suggest. When I moved from 9.0 to 9.1, I backed up a lot of > things (including my $HOME) but, for some strange reason, I > forgot to backup /var/spool/mail.... > So, when I restarted my 9.1 system, I lost all mails that where > still in the default inbox.... this would have never ghappened if > it was under HOME... Good point. > So, one reason more to learn how to "safely" move this file under > HOME. > 3. I heard other people talking good things about courier-imap. > On the other hand, MDK still provide UW as a default. > What is your point of view? Which are the advantages/disadvantages > of one package versus the other ? I have a lot of experience with courier-imap. I like it, but it doesn't work the same way as UW does. It takes a bit more to setup coruier. If you're having problems with UW, then Courier is something that should wait a bit for your skill level to advance. In that same light, this conversation is much better suited to the Expert Mailing List than here in Cooker. I suggest we move it over there. - -- Blue skies... Todd http://www.mrball.net Public key: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc Development is like evolution and there is no turning back. Linux kernel 2.4.19-24mdk 7 users, load average: 1.62, 1.32, 0.60 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/MncjIBT1264ScBURAr0UAKCjMTypoeCmAZyQBZITOJChTYGG/wCgqIIK JdDChFl9i25l+TAiv2K56Tk= =ffBj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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